Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers championship and “Threepeat” hopes had the door emphatically slammed shut this week after Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks shocked the basketball world, sweeping Los Angeles in four games. Credit is due to the Mavericks, as their recently discovered toughness – influenced by the Tyson Chandler effect – [...]
Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers 2010 NBA Championship Rings featured actual pieces of the Game 7 ball, and 16 over-sized diamonds to signify the 16 titles the Los Angeles franchise has won to date.
Kobe Bryant was spectacular in game 5 of the NBA Finals in Boston. He took shots that bordered on ridiculous and yet made them almost effortlessly. For a brief moment during the third quarter, the possibility of the Lakers turning things around and pulling out a much needed road win began to enter the thoughts [...]
2008 was the year classic basketball rivalries experienced a major revival. It had been far to long since the glorious battles of the 80′s featuring Larry Legend’s Celtics and Magic’s Lakers had met their demise. Basketball was getting stagnant after Jordan left the Bulls. Then 2008 came, and as David Stern danced around the room [...]
Jonathan Bender is back in the NBA after missing 3 full seasons and having only played 2 games in his “final” 2005-06 season. He is playing inspired basketball and the New York Knicks have gone 2-0 since. Bender dropped in 11 points in 14:42 against Charlotte Sunday night. He has been tenacious giving New York [...]
Ron Artest of the Los Angeles Lakers admitted to Sporting News writer Steve Greenberg that he drank Hennessey during his Chicago Bulls days. Here is what Artest said in his interview featured in the upcoming December 7th issue: “I used to drink Hennessy … at halftime,I (kept it) in my locker. I’d just walk to [...]
Every year during fantasy drafts people attempt to predict which players will drop off, and which will rise to new heights in production. Some of this can be attributed to a change of team, sometimes it is simply due to a player passing his prime. In other cases, players rekindle their careers by having monster [...]
This past week we have seen Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva join Detroit. Ron Artest took a pay cut and is hoping to get his first ring playing for the world champion Lakers. Hedo Turkoglu reneged on a Portland offer, selecting the Raptors instead. Rasheed Wallace is now alongside Kevin Garnett in Boston. Trevor Ariza [...]
This past Thursday, Trevor Ariza verbally committed to a 5-year, mid-level exception deal good for $33 million with the Houston Rockets–a much more lucrative deal than the Los Angeles Lakers, his former team could offer. As irony would have it, he joins Houston hours after former Rocket Ron Artest agreed to a 3-year, $18 million deal with the world [...]
Kobe Bryant will no longer need to worry about fighting with Ron Artest during the playoffs. They can now plan to fight each other every day during practice. Artest agreed in principle to sign a three-year deal worth $18 million, proving he wants to win. He seemingly could have made a lot more cash elsewhere. Artest [...]
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
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